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...church has grown from 10 members to more than a thousand since 1977. It offers everything from self-help groups like Debtors Anonymous to a "pet ministry" for adopting stray animals. Songs one Sunday ranged from Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' to Danny Boy. In between, sneaker- shod Matoin bounded around like a school coach: "Everyone here was born to be a winner: you've got the choice." When he finished, the crowd sang, "Weave, weave us together in unity and love. Weave, weave us together. Let there be peace on earth, let it begin with me." As the meeting...
Although Paris is still slave to what French rapper MC Solaar calls "the cult of the sneaker," other rap accoutrements like gold jewelry are giving way to a more Afrocentric accent, notably batik fabrics and African coats of arms of the sort worn in America by Queen Latifah. The burgeoning dictionary of Franglais, moreover, includes not only le rap but a distinctively Gallic version of the standard salutation, "What's up?" Szup? is what American ears & hear, though in Paris it sounds more like an appetizer course: "Soup?" The genre has spawned one break-out hit, Auteuil Neuilly Passy...
Police said the damage caused by the students included cracked windshields and hoods marred by sneaker marks and scratches. Johnson said Andre offered to take the blame for Reilly, who was visiting from Baltimore...
...practically live in them. Woody Allen has been known to wear the red version of the high-tops with formal wear. They have become an international icon as well; half the 10 million pairs of All Stars sold last year were exported. The All Star is the most popular sneaker in Japan, where Converse sold more than 1 million pairs last year. In France they are known as "Chuckie T's" and are considered very chic...
...main plot of Father of the Bridedeals with a sneaker manufacturer named GeorgeBanks (Steve Martin) and his deep love for hismarvelous 22 year old daughter Annie (KimberlyWilliams). The general pattern of thisSilly-Daddy-Doesn't-Want-to-Lose-His-Beautiful-Baby story goes like this: First, something happensthat makes George squirm (Annie cheerfullyannounces that she's engaged; Annie's angelicfiancee puts his hand on her leg; Annie's fianceecalls George "Dad"; etc.) Then George unbuttonshis top button, makes funny grimaces and shoutsirrational nonsense. Then George's wife Nina(Diane Keaton), the film's voice of reason, tellshim to stop acting...